- Confirmation of an enriched supergene zone at the top of the structure

- Resource remains open at depth

- La Mancha reaffirms its target of growing its consolidated M&I resources to 4 million ounces of gold within the next few years

La Mancha Resources Inc. (TSX:LMA) (hereinafter "La Mancha" or the "Company") is pleased to announce a National Instrument 43-101 compliant inferred resource estimate for the Hassai pit, the first of six visually-identified volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) targets at La Mancha's Hassai property in Northeast Sudan.

An aggressive exploration program, started in December 2007, has successfully delineated an estimated inferred mineral resource of 1,006,000 ounces of gold (402,400 oz attributable to La Mancha) and 297,000 tonnes of copper (118,800 tonnes attributable to La Mancha). The gold equivalent of the copper resource represents 1,680,000 ounces of gold (672,000 ounces attributable to La Mancha) using a long term gold price of US$750/oz, long term copper price of US$2/lb and a zinc price of US$1,911/t.

On average, the resource is contained between the Hassai pit floor and the 300-meter level. The mineralization has an enriched supergene zone at the top of the structure with locally higher grades, and remains largely open at depth. To date, an inferred resource of 20,150,000 tonnes (8,060,000 tonnes attributable to La Mancha) at 1.55g/t Au, 1.48% Cu and 0.18% Zn has been delineated.

A breakdown of the initial NI 43-101 inferred resource for the VMS lens found below the Hassai pit is as follows:

The resource estimate incorporates the results of all new holes drilled in 2008, with the exception of the deep drill hole announced in the press release dated July 29, 2009. As previously mentioned, the deep drill hole intersected 36 meters (apparent width, corresponding to a true width of about 20 meters) of massive and strongly disseminated sulphides with visible chalcopyrite (often associated with a high copper content) at 600 meters down dip from the existing pit. This deep intersection indicates that the resource remains open at depth, and that the lens may extend down dip for 700 meters rather than the current estimate of 300 meters (see Figure 1 at the following address: http://media3.marketwire.com/docs/lmaengfig1.pdf). The Company expects to receive the assay results for the long hole by October 2009.

Dominique Delorme, President and CEO of La Mancha, commented: "Delivering this resource estimate for the first of our six visibly identified VMS targets, according to the objective set out at the start of this exploration program in 2007, is a huge stepping stone for La Mancha. This should give our VMS project greater visibility within the investment community as it establishes the Hassai mine as one of the most promising properties in the prolific Arabo-Nubian shield, alongside Nevsun's Bisha project. Furthermore, this resource increase re-establishes our ability to organically grow the Company's consolidated M&I resource to 4 million ounces within the next few years, over three times what it was in December 2007."

Mr. Jean-Jacques Kachrillo, La Mancha's Vice President of Exploration, commented: "A $5 million, 40,000-metre drilling program ($2 million attributable to La Mancha) is being prepared to upgrade this Inferred resource to the Measured and Indicated category. The 15-month program is expected to further delineate the enriched ore zone in the upper part of the structure, and increase the volume of the primary ore zone, as the lens remains open at depth."

The Hassai mine, composed of twelve pits, has produced more than 2.1 million ounces of gold since it opened in 1991 and is expected to produce 62,500 to 75,000 ounces of gold in 2009 (25,000 to 30,000 ounces attributable to La Mancha). While the first 15 years of mining focused on the more-easily-minable oxidized portion of the deposit, the VMS structure is visible at the bottom of six of the mined-out pits.

NEXT STEPS

The resource estimate for the second target, the Hadal Awatib pit VMS lens, is currently in progress and should be released by the end of October 2009. Preliminary drill results on the second target, published in May 2009, intersected grades as high as 26 m at 1.19 g/t Au, 5.71% Cu and 1.17% Zn from 104 meters. A preliminary metallurgical study is being conducted by SGS Lakefield and should be completed by the end of October 2009. The Company plans to publish the results of a scoping study early in the first quarter of 2010 that will summarize all the technical and economical aspects of the project.

TECHNICAL NOTE

The updated resource review and estimation conform to the requirements of NI43-101 and the CIM Best Practices for Estimation of Mineral Resources. There are numerous uncertainties inherent in estimating mineral resource, including many factors beyond the Company's control. Resource estimation is a subjective process, and the accuracy of any resource estimate is a function of the quality of available data and engineering and geological interpretation and judgment. Results from drilling, testing and production, as well as material changes in metal prices subsequent to the date of an estimate may justify revision of such estimates. To the best of La Mancha's knowledge, at the time of estimation there were no known environmental, permitting, legal, title, taxation, socio-economic, marketing, political or other relevant issues that would materially impact on the eventual extraction of the mineral resources.

The technical information contained in this news release was prepared by Remi Bosc, who is a Member of the European federation of Geologist and an independent consultant, by Jean-Jacques Kachrillo who is Vice President Exploration and a full time employee of La Mancha Resources and by Martin Bennett who is the Exploration Manager for the Company's Sudanese property and a full time employee of La Mancha Resources. The three have sufficient experience in the resources calculation, the style of mineralization and type of deposit to qualify as a Qualified Persons as defined in the 2005 Edition of "National Instruments 43-101, Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects". Based on their information, Mr. Bosc, Mr. Kachrillo and Mr. Bennett have consented to the content of this press release in the form and context in which it appears. They have read the National Instrument 43-101 of the Canadian Securities Administrators ("NI 43-101") and have ensured that this press release has been written in compliance with the Instrument.

La Mancha has established an Analytical Quality Assurance Program to control and assure the analytical quality of assays in its gold exploration. This program includes the systematic addition of blank samples, pulp duplicates and internal material references ("standards") to each batch of samples sent for analysis. Blank samples are used to check for possible contamination in laboratory, duplicates allow the overall precision to be quantified while standards determine the analytical accuracy. All samples are half HQ or NQ diamond drill core sampled on a one metre basis. Samples were assayed at the Intertek Laboratory in Indonesia, which is ISO 17025 qualified, using respectively for gold fire assays on 30g sample followed by AAS and for base metals triple acidic digestion followed by AAS.

CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT

La Mancha's management team will be presenting at the Denver Gold Forum on Monday September 14th at 8:00 am.

ABOUT THE HASSAI MINE

The Hassai mine is located in the Red Sea Hills desert of northeastern Sudan, some 450 km from Khartoum. Inaugurated in 1992, it is Sudan's first and only gold mine in production. Twelve pits have been mined over the years, generating a cumulative production of more than 2.1 million ounces of gold. La Mancha owns 40% of the mine through a subsidiary and is the mine operator. The Hassai exploration licenses effectively encompass the entire geological district that extends over 24,000 square kilometres. The Hassai mine exploration budget is expected to reach $6.44 million in 2009 ($2.57 million attributable to La Mancha), distributed among several gold targets (quartz, SBR and tailings) and VMS targets.

ABOUT LA MANCHA RESOURCES Inc.:

La Mancha Resources Inc. is an international gold producer based in Canada with operations, development projects and exploration activities in Africa, Australia and Argentina. La Mancha's shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) under the symbol "LMA". For more information, visit the Company's website at www.lamancha.ca.

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Caution Concerning Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains certain "forward-looking statements", including, but not limited to, the statements regarding the Company's strategic plans, future exploration activities. It also contains forward looking statements regarding the potential to grow the resource in the future, the impact of this resource on the investment community, the Company's ability to follow up with a subsequent drilling program and the Hassai mine current gold production target; statements regarding the next steps of the projects, the exploration targets and timetables, exploration budget, the geological potential of our properties, more specifically the VMS potential in Sudan; statements regarding the number of metres to be drilled on each property and timing at which the drilling results will be made available; statements regarding the ability of this program to increase the resources and reserves of our properties. Forward-looking statements express, as at the date of this press release, the Company's plans, estimates, forecasts, projections, expectations or beliefs as to future events and results. Forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties, and there can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate. Therefore, actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Risks and uncertainties that could cause results or future events to differ materially from current expectations expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, factors associated with fluctuations in the market price of precious metals, mining industry risks, exploration risks, risks associated with foreign operations, environmental risks and hazards, uncertainty as to calculation of mineral reserves, requirement of additional financing or additional permits, authorizations or licences, risks of delays in construction and production and other risks referred to in La Mancha's 2008 Annual Information Form filed with the Securities Commissions, as well as the Toronto Stock Exchange.